Oil-conducting terminal



July 6,1926.l 1,591,684 Y W. A. RARG' OIL CONDUCTING TERMINAL Filed Sept. so, 1925 INVENTOR. WALTE R HRAR IG BY A @Wqggm Patented `luly 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER A. RARIG, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

OIL-CONDUGTING TERMINAL.

Application filed September The present invention relates to improvements in oil conducting terminals for automobiles, and is designed particularly to be used for the tly wheel casing ot the Ford automobile. The general object ot the device is to support a terminal tor the mag neto otl the motor vehicle in combination with an oil catching device which latter allows the oil splashed by the fly wheel to be returned to the drip pan of the engine. Dit- :terent forms of a combination oil catch and terminal have been described in my co-pending applications, Serial Number 663,792 and Serial Number 35,604.

The present invention shows a modilied form in which the terminal and the oil catch are accommodated within a bushing adapted to be screwed into the top of the fasing while a guide member for the oil surrounds the bushing and communicates with tube leading the oil to its place of destination.

The preferred form of my invention is illustrated, in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a vertical section through my device, v

Figure 2 a top plan View of the same.

Figure 3 a top plan view of an oil guiding` shell,

Figure 4 a detail view inside elevation ot a bushing.

Figure 5 a detail view inside elevation of an oil catching member,

Figure 6 an end view of the latter.

lllhile I have described only the preferred forms of `the invention, I wish to have it understood that various changes or moditications may be made within the scope of the claims hereto attached without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The bushing 1 illustrated in detail in Figure 4- is threaded at its lower end as shown at 2, and is adapted to be screwed into `the casing 3 ot the ily wheel in a man ner illustrated-in Figure 1. A collar 4 pret ably made angular allows a wrench to be used on the bushing, and a smooth surface between the collar 4 and the threaded portion 2 is adapted to receive a shell 6 which is clamped between the collar 4 and the top ot the casing. The shell is provided with an annular groove 7 in the inner face thereof which latter communicates with a tube S leading to the outside and preferably 30, 1925. Serial No. 59,716.

threaded into aninsert 9. The bushing is provided with a hole 11 communicating with the groove 7. lnside of the bushing l, and extending throughout the length thereot there is accommodated an insulating sleeve 12 having a. rather large bore 13 in its lower portion and a smaller bore 14 in its upper portion, and insert 16 in the upper portion allowing a terminal 17 to be screwed there-` into in such a manner that the lower end of the terminal is spaced from the lower portion ot the insulating sleeve by a considerable distance. The terminal is provided at its bottom with ay spring actuated contacting `needle 18.

My oil catching member 21 is illustrated in detail in Figures 5 and 6 and consists of a sheet of bendable metal turned into cylindrical form with the two ends 22 and 23 slightly spaced. The tendency of this member is to spread so that when introduced into the insulating member 12 from the bottom it is held in position by its own tension.

A scoop 24 secured at its lower end is arranged opposite the split 26 between the two en ds 22 and 23 and extends below the bottom of the bushing. The scoop is preterably arranged so as to occupy a certain position relative to a mark 27 on the top ot the bushing so that it may be properly positioned in the casing. The position may be such that it is only necessary to arrange the arrow in the direction of rotation of the ly wheel. It upon screwing down the bushing 1 it is found that the arrow 27 does not point in the direction of rotation of the ily wheel, a washer may be inserted between the shell 6 and the casing to alter the position ot the arrow 27. To insure correct positioning of the scoop 24 it may be formed with a recess 28 adapted to register with the hole 11 in the bushing 1.

The assembly of the device is easily understood from the foregoing description: the insulating member 12 is pushed into the bushing in a manner illustrated in Figure 1 and the catch member 21 is pushed into the insulating member from the opposite side in suoli a manner that the recess 28 registered with the perforation 11 in the bushing and a. registering perforation in the insulating member. The terminal 17 may be threaded into the isulating member at any time. After interposing the shell 6 between the collar 4 of the bushing 1 and the topV of `the easing, the bushing is then threaded into the @rising and the position of the arrow 27 noteel. If the arrow points in' the Clireetion off rotation of the ily Wheel its position is correct and if not, its position is changed by the insertion of one or more Washers.

Hrtving described iny invention, ,l claini :n

l. An oil conducting` terminal Comprisin-`vr ai sleeve h wing a, flange et its upper end and being` adapted to have its lower end threairleL into e casing, a ring surroundingthe sleeve adapted to be clamped between the casing' and the flange and Jforinecl with an annular groove in the inner face thereof and with n lateral outlet lor the sanne, and n hollow insiilziting becly Within the sleeve having an axial ternnnnl element Supported therein.

2'. An oil conducting'` terminal Comprising:

a sleeve hir-ving a flange at its upper end and being` adapted to have its lower end threaded into n easing, a ring surrounding the sleeve adapted to be clamped between the easing und the. flange und formed with an annular groove in the inner face Vthereo'll and with a lateral outlet for the seine, n hollow insulating' hotly Within the sleeve having.;` n axial terminal element supported therein, :incl n cylindrical element inside of the insulating body out to form a scoop below the sleeve.

In testimony Whereorn I eflix my Signature.

VALTER A, RA/RIG. 

